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• June 19, 2017 Meeting Recording o Application #2017-0602A ■ Begins at: 2:12:33 0 2:16:15 ■ Commissioner Klusczinski: Asked Mr. Boyd if the description of project was correct • Response is that the structural engineer's report was mischaracterized—certain pieces of it are not in reference to the roof and points those out • Otherwise does not dispute the description of the project 0 2:19:16 ■ Commissioner Gordon: What is the purpose of changing the style of the roof to new style? ■ Response: Economics. ■ CG: Economics? ■ Eric Boyd: Economics and . . . 0 2:19:50 ■ Commissioner Gordon: So, the economic reasons are that you can get material donated or at a very cheap cost and do the construction which is much cheaper than applying a new flat roof which probably would not be donated and you could not do the work. ■ Eric Boyd: That is correct, yes, sir. ■ CG: It has nothing to do with the function of the building, and what you want to do with the interior of it. ■ EB: No. I would think since it had a flat roof prior and it caught fire, um, and the condition of the building, the exterior walls would be the strongest part of the building, so having an A-frame roof with most of the weight on the exterior of the building rather than in the center where the water would pool, um, would be safer since it's a 124 year old building. ■ CG: Well, they do flat roofs currently that do not pool water. 0 2:24:11 • Commissioner Buccellato: I'm trying to figure out a way to put a roof on this structure, so we can save it. • Commissioner Klusczinski: Right. • CB: So, it can live another eighty years, at which point it will need a new roof. Ah, I think the intention is to save the structure, I think the [inaudible] we're all there, I'm just trying to figure out how we can work with this applicant to help achieve, uh, the same common goals, which are- • CK: So you're saying repurpose the materials that have already been expended into the current roof system. • Commissioner Gordon: Some of them could be, I think.